Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: Aerodynamic roughness of rippled beds under active saltation at Earth-to-Mars atmospheric pressures
doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-60212-7
Figure Lengend Snippet: a Impact ripples superimposed on large wind ripples atop Namib dune, Gale Crater, Mars (Curiosity rover Mastcam mosaic mcam005410, sol 1192; credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS). b Impact ripples in Al Wusta, Oman. c Two scales of windblown ripples at equilibrium, formed in the Mars Surface Wind Tunnel (MARSWIT) at the NASA Ames Research Center under 50 mbar. d Schematic representation of the Mars Surface Wind Tunnel (MARSWIT) experimental setup.
Article Snippet: Fig. 1 Windblown ripples under varied pressure conditions and experimental setup. a Impact ripples superimposed on large wind ripples atop Namib dune, Gale Crater, Mars (Curiosity rover Mastcam mosaic mcam005410, sol 1192; credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS). b Impact ripples in Al Wusta, Oman. c Two scales of windblown ripples at equilibrium, formed in the Mars Surface Wind Tunnel (MARSWIT) at the NASA Ames Research Center under 50 mbar. d Schematic representation of the Mars Surface Wind Tunnel (MARSWIT) experimental setup.
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